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tawvta:wá🔊probablyMv tawv.That’s probably it.Monkat tawv.Probably not.
tawvtá:wa, tǎ:ⁿwa🔊1firstMv tawvn.That one first.Momusen Kono tąwvt ervlaket oman…The skunk was the first to return home… (1915a)2foremost, above all (possibly implying a greater degree)Momen cokv-sahkopvnkv tis vfekhonneko tayen, mv tąwvt holwvkēn likis.They also play card games without stop, and that foremost is evil as I stay here. (1878a)ortąwv
tayētâ:y-i:🔊adjective1able (to do something), can, could, may, fit (to do something), shouldVyvko tayes.I can’t go.Mvn avntotetskē tayēs.You may send me another. (1886d)—Hompetskē tayv? —Ehį. Hompvyēs.—Can you eat? —Yes. I can....mv etot nvfkē tayet ont omen......the log could hit him... (H)…punhompetskē tayē onkot os.…you’re not fit to eat with us. (1915a)Rvlakvkē tayis os.You should have come back long ago. (H)2about (an amount), could beSvyakletv pale-cahkēpusē tayēn hēcet ohmvyan os.I saw her just about fifty steps away. (H)...mēkkvke kohv-rakkon vhopakuce tuccēnusē tayēn tacet......the chiefs cut big canes into about three-inch lengths... (H)3enoughTayēs!Enough!Tayēpēs.That’s enough. (H)4correctseeetetayētąyētǎ:ⁿy-i:, (i)ti-adjectivea lot, profuse, abundant, plentifulKvco tąyē!The berries are profuse!...vfoswvt ta̜yēt omen......they had plenty of switches... (H)
tąyēetetąyētǎ:ⁿy-i:, (i)ti-adjectivea lot, profuse, abundant, plentifulKvco tąyē!The berries are profuse!...vfoswvt ta̜yēt omen......they had plenty of switches... (H)fromtayē
tayēcetvta:yi:c-itá🔊verbto process (meat, by cutting it up, etc.)
tayekotá:y-iko-:🔊adjectivewrong
tąyentǎ:ⁿy-in, (i)ti-🔊adverbvery, greatly, much, many, a great dealMomen tąyen vcafvckēt os.And I am very happy. (1883c)Uewvn tąyen opunvyēcet…He talked much about water… (1883e)alsoetetąyen
te-ti´1after a noun or adjective, indicates a ‘be’ question with a yes or no answer: is it? is he?Uewv te?Is it water?Kvsvppē te?Is it cold?2after verbs ending in -vrē ‘will’ or -vtē (distant past), indicates a question with a yes or no answerLetkvrē te?Will he run?Lētkvtē te?Did she run (long ago)?ortēThe short form te is used in questions with a brief yes or no answer. A long form tē is used for questions asking 'who', 'what', 'where', etc.
tētí:🔊nount: the letter ‘t’seete
’tecetvshort form ofetecetv
tēfetvti:f-itá🔊verbto take off (two or more shoes or socks)entēfetvin-ti:f-itá🔊verbto take (two or more shoes or socks) off of (another)
tefnētífn-i:🔊adjectivedull (of a blade)antonymfvskēseeteftenē
tefteketvRtiftik-íta🔊verbImitativeOlderto sob [R: tef-te-ke-tv]
teftenētiftin-í:🔊adjectivedull (of two or more)seetefnē
’tefvlahletv(i)ti-falahl-itáverbto split (of rocks, etc.)Cvtot ’tefvlahlvtēs.Rocks split in pieces. (hymn)fromfvlahletv
’tefvnvnvkusēnH(i)ti-fananák-os-i:-nadverbsticking out toward each other...tohtucvlke vhvoke ’tefvnvnvkusēn hokkolen hayvtēs....and he made two corn-cribs with their doors facing each other. (H)
tēhētí:h-i:🔊adjectivecastrated
tēhicetvti:heyc-itá🔊verbto castrate
tēho-tí:ho🔊adjectivecastrated (in compounds)
’Tehopelk’ Hvcce(is)ti-hopil-k-hácci🔊nounGrave Creek: a Baptist church in Hitchita, Okla.